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TOKYO — Heavy snow piling up in northern Japan in the last two weeks has blocked roads and is being blamed for dozens of ...

The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage in a widespread purge that represented a brutal blow to ...

At least three deals, making plausible inroads into Japan’s overall commitment of $550bn, are now due to be unveiled once the ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday unveiled plans to marshal allies into a preferential ...

Japan’s highest court upheld a U.S. airman’s conviction for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl just over ...

Reluctance to change job and rise of ‘proxy quitters’ is a reaction to Japan’s ‘rigid’ labour market – but there are signs of ...

By Makiko Yamazaki and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Just as Japan was finally gaining ground in its long, hard ...

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the coun ...

Against this backdrop, Tokyo’s defence buildup is fitting squarely into Washington’s Cold War–era “hub-and-spokes” architecture in Asia, with Japan once again acting as the eastern “spoke” of a ...

With the United States undermining its commitment to providing stability in the region, Japan is better served by engaging ...